Space Exploration News

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

• 'Cosmic Joust': Astronomers Observe Pair of Galaxies in Deep-Space Battle

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

• Gas Location Drives Star Formation in Distant Galaxies
• Missing Link in Early Martian Water Cycle Discovered

Monday, May 19, 2025

• Astronomers Observe Largest Ever Sample of Galaxies Up to Over 12 Billion Light Years Away
• Streaked Slopes on Mars Probably Not Signs of Water Flow, Study Finds
• Not One, but Two Massive Black Holes Are Eating Away at This Galaxy

Thursday, May 15, 2025

• Ultraviolet Data from NASA's Europa Clipper Mission
• A Multitude of Protoplanetary Discs Detected in the Galactic Centre

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

• What Lies Beneath: Using Rock Blasted from Craters to Probe the Martian Subsurface

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

• Astrophysicists Explore Our Galaxy's Magnetic Turbulence in Unprecedented Detail Using a New Computer Model

Monday, May 12, 2025

• Astrophysicist Searches for Ripples in Space and Time in New Way

Friday, May 9, 2025

• Scientists Innovate Mid-Infrared Photodetectors for Exoplanet Detection, Expanding Applications to Environmental and Medical Fields

Thursday, May 8, 2025

• The Squid Galaxy's Neutrino Game Just Leveled Up

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

• Stellar Collapse and Explosions Distribute Gold Throughout the Universe

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

• NASA's NICER Maps Debris from Recurring Cosmic Crashes

Friday, May 2, 2025

• Space Junk Falling to Earth Needs to Be Tracked: Meteoroid Sounds Can Help

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• Gaia Spots Odd Family of Stars Desperate to Leave Home

Monday, April 28, 2025

• A Vast Molecular Cloud, Long Invisible, Is Discovered Near Solar System
• New Look at Galactic Region Surrounding Our Solar System: Lyman-Alpha Emissions
• New Research Shatters Long-Held Beliefs About Asteroid Vesta
• Billion-Year-Old Impact in Scotland Sparks Questions About Life on Land

Friday, April 25, 2025

• Astronomers Find Earth-Like Exoplanets Common Across the Cosmos

Thursday, April 24, 2025

• The Heart of World's Largest Solar Telescope Begins to Beat
• Evidence Blasted Into Space: Mystery Why Some Meteorites Look Less Shocked Solved
• Scientists Use James Webb Space Telescope to Better Understand Solar System's Origins

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

• Innovative Approaches Advance Search for Ice on the Moon

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

• Astronomers Discover a Planet That's Rapidly Disintegrating, Producing a Comet-Like Tail

Monday, April 21, 2025

• Did It Rain or Snow on Ancient Mars? New Study Suggests It Did

Friday, April 18, 2025

• Turning Down Starlight to Spot New Exoplanets
• Scientists Probe the Mystery of Titan's Missing Deltas
• Volcanic History and Clues to Ancient Life on Mars

Thursday, April 17, 2025

• Curiosity Rover Finds Large Carbon Deposits on Mars

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

• Strongest Hints Yet of Biological Activity Outside the Solar System
• 'Big Surprise': Astronomers Find Planet in Perpendicular Orbit Around Pair of Stars
• Crystal Clues on Mars Point to Watery and Possibly Life-Supporting Past
• The Most Distant Twin of the Milky Way Ever Observed
• 'Cosmic Radio' Could Find Dark Matter in 15 Years

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

• On Jupiter, It's Mushballs All the Way Down
• Molten Martian Core Could Explain Red Planet's Magnetic Quirks
• Mysterious Atmosphere of 'Rosetta Stone' Exoplanet

Monday, April 14, 2025

• Scientists May Have Solved a Puzzling Space Rock Mystery

Friday, April 11, 2025

• From Boring to Bursting: Giant Black Hole Awakens

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

• 'Hidden Galaxies': Key to Unlocking Some of Universe's Secrets
• Scientists Source Solar Emissions With Largest-Ever Concentration of Rare Helium Isotope

Monday, April 7, 2025

• Saturn's Moon Titan Could Harbor Life, but Only a Tiny Amount, Study Finds

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• Solar Wave Squeezed Jupiter's Magnetic Shield to Unleash Heat
• Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space Exploration

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

• Existing International Law Can Help Secure Peace and Security in Outer Space
• Galaxies Die Earlier Than Expected
• Asteroid Impact Threat Estimates Improved for the Earth and the Moon
• Insight from One of Milky Way's Most Extreme Environments
• Miso Made in Space Tastes Nuttier
• Sound Frequencies of Stars Sing of Our Galaxy's Past and Future

Monday, March 31, 2025

• Martian Dust Could Pose Health Risks to Future Astronauts

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

• Fluorescent Caves Could Explain How Life Persists in Extraterrestrial Environments

Monday, March 24, 2025

• Organic Molecules of Unprecedented Size Discovered on Mars
• Oxygen for Mars

Thursday, March 20, 2025

• Oxygen Discovered in Most Distant Known Galaxy

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

• Treasure Trove of Galaxies, Glimpses of Deep Fields

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

• Meteorites: A Geologic Map of the Asteroid Belt

Monday, March 17, 2025

• Combination of Cosmic Processes Shapes the Size and Location of Sub-Neptunes
• Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System
• Age of Upcoming Asteroid Flyby Target

Friday, March 14, 2025

• TOI-1453: Sub-Neptune in System of Two Exoplanets

Thursday, March 13, 2025

• Weighing in on a Mars Water Debate
• Detailed Map of Dust in the Milky Way

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

• Signs of Alien Life May Be Hiding in These Gases
• Entwined Dwarf Stars Reveal Their Location Thanks to Repeated Radio Bursts
• Black Holes: Not Endings, but Beginnings? New Research Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of the Universe

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

• Four Tiny Planets Found Orbiting One of Our Nearest Stars
• Small, Faint and 'unexpected in a Lot of Different Ways': Astronomers Make Galactic Discovery

Monday, March 10, 2025

• James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Unexpected Complex Chemistry in Primordial Galaxy
• Evidence of a New Phenomenon: Quantum Tornadoes in Momentum Space

Thursday, March 6, 2025

• How's the Weather on Mars?

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

• The Chances of Anything Coming from Mars
• Small and Large Planets Have Significantly Different Upbringings
• Astronomer Finds Gas Giant Exoplanets Formed Earlier Than Previously Thought
• Satellite Image Analysis Delivers New Insight Into the Functional Diversity of Tropical Forests
• Neural Network Deciphers Gravitational Waves from Merging Neutron Stars in a Second
• Ultra-Hot Nova Observed Erupting: Surprising Chemical Signature

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

• Beyond Our Solar System: Scientists Identify a New Exoplanet Candidate
• NASA's Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Duo May Be Trio

Thursday, February 27, 2025

• Designing a Satellite to Hunt Small Space Debris
• The International Space Station Is Overly Sterile; Making It 'dirtier' Could Improve Astronaut Health
• NASA's Hubble Provides Bird's-Eye View of Andromeda Galaxy's Ecosystem

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

• Adsorptive Regolith on Mars Soaks Up Water, Researchers Reveal

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

• Lunar Trailblazer Blasts Off to Map Water on the Moon
• ESO Observations Help Almost Fully Rule out 2024 YR4 Asteroid Impact
• Why Is Mars Red? Scientists May Finally Have the Answer
• Today's Forecast: Partially Cloudy Skies on an 'ultra-Hot Neptune'
• The Galactic Journey of Our Solar System

Monday, February 24, 2025

• Gulf of Mars: Rover Finds Evidence of 'vacation-Style' Beaches on Mars

Thursday, February 20, 2025

• In Ancient Stellar Nurseries, Some Stars Are Born of Fluffy Clouds

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

• Flickers and Flares: Milky Way's Central Black Hole Constantly Bubbles With Light
• Einstein Probe Catches X-Ray Odd Couple
• 'Out of Science Fiction': First 3D Observations of an Exoplanet's Atmosphere Reveal a Unique Climate

Friday, February 14, 2025

• Deposits Found on a Nearby Asteroid Point to Salty Water in the Outer Solar System
• 'Game Changing' Release of Type Ia Supernovae Data May Hold Key to the History of the Universe
• New Research Sheds Light on Using Multiple CubeSats for in-Space Servicing and Repair Missions

Thursday, February 13, 2025

• Creation of Black Holes Without Singularities Through Pure Gravity